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Whether at home or on vacation, it is always important to keep safety in mind when children are in or near water.

Drowning can happen at any time of year, but be especially cautious during the summer months when drowning incidents can increase up to 89% as compared to the rest of the year.

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Water Safety at Home

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The home environment has many hidden drowning hazards for children. Drowning deaths can occur not only in pools and spas, but in bathtubs, toilets and buckets. Keep these safety tips in mind to make your home safer from these hidden hazards.

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Keep doors to bathrooms and laundry rooms closed.

Large 5-gallon buckets are common household items and may be a potential hazard. Empty all buckets, containers and wading pools immediately after use. Store them upside-down and out of children’s reach.

Keep toilet lids closed and use toilet seat locks. According to the CPSC, toilets are overlooked as a source of drowning in the home – toddlers can fall headfirst into the toilet.

Safe Kids York County recommends that riders of bicycles, in-line skates, roller skates, skateboards or scooters abide by all South Carolina laws and local ordinances.
Wear a helmet! Make sure the helmet fits and your kids know how to put it on correctly. Ensure your child wears a helmet correctly every time they are biking, skating, skateboarding, or riding a scooter. Make sure and wear your helmet, too!
The helmet should meet or exceed the safety standards set by the US Consumer Safety Product commission or those developed by ASTM, ANSI, or Snell.
The helmet should fit comfortably and snuggly but not too tightly. A helmet should sit on top of the head in a level position, and should not rock forward and backward or side to side. The helmet straps must always be buckled but not too tightly. Safe Kids recommends the ...

Talking to Kids About Gun Safety

Teach kids to follow these rules if they come into contact with a gun:

stop what they're doing

do not touch the gun

leave the area where the gun is

tell an adult right away

It's particularly important for kids to leave the area to avoid being harmed by someone who doesn't know not to touch the gun. A child as young as 3 has the finger strength to pull a trigger. It's also important for kids to tell an adult about a gun that's been found.

If You Have a Gun in Your Home

Many kids are raised with guns in the home, particularly if hunting is a part of family recreation. If you keep a gun in the home, it's important to teach your kids to act in a safe and responsible way around it. To ensure the safest environment for your family:

Take the ammunition out of the gun.

Lock the gun and keep it out of reach of kids. Hiding the gun is not enough.

Lock the ammunition and store it apart from the gun.

Store the keys for the gun and the ammunition in a different area from where you store household keys. Keep the keys out of reach of children.

Lock up gun-cleaning supplies, which are often poisonous.

When handling or cleaning a gun, adults should never leave the gun unattended.

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The streets in our neighborhoods should be safe places for children to walk. But many kids face traffic dangers just because they’re walking to school or to the park.
Drivers, parents and kids can all do their part to help keep our streets safe for child pedestrians.

Pedestrian Safety Tips

Developmentally, most kids can't judge speeds and distances until at least age 10, so younger kids need to cross with an adult

Did you know most walking injuries happen mid-block or someplace other than intersections? Whenever possible, cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks

Look left, right and left again before crossing the street, and keep looking and listening while crossing

Walk, don't run, when crossing the street

It's always best to walk on sidewalks or paths, but if there are no sidewalks, walk facing traffic as far to the left as possible

Remove headphones when crossing the street

If you need to use your phone, stop walking

Distraction among drivers is at an all-time high today, so try to make eye contact with the driver before y ...

Buckling your child up is just one way to help prevent injuries. It’s also important to be aware of the other hazards cars can pose to kids. Preventing backover and frontover incidents, heat stroke and trunk entrapment are just as important to keeping your kids safe in and around vehicles.